Hello NGCP Champions! This is a reminder that registration is now available for our 2012 Collaboration Conference. Please forward the message below to your various networks. We are pleased with the presentations and energy building around the conference. We will be holding the annual NGCP Champions Board meeting on Wednesday, April 25 from noon-5:00pm at the conference site, followed by the Opening Reception. An agenda will be forthcoming soon. I hope you will consider registering for the conference and spending multiple days with us. I will have some special requests of Champions and will send those out next week. Thank you in advance for encouraging others to join our Collaboration Community! Back by popular demand, the NGCP National Collaboration Conference 2012: Advancing the Field through Collaboration, Capacity Building, and Equity<http://www.ngcproject.org/collabconf2012/index.cfm> will be held in conjunction with the nation's largest celebration of science and engineering. Join the NGCP Collaboration Movement in April 2012. The Conference will begin with a festive evening reception, sponsored by the Motorola Mobility Foundation, for all presenters and participants to begin making connections. In addition to plenary sessions, guided and informal networking opportunities, concurrent sessions will occur throughout the event, offering the opportunity for interaction with presenters and the material in small group settings with a focus on implementation. Valuable topics include effective STEM messaging for youth, engaging girls of color, utilizing role models, choosing STEM curriculum that's right for you, and program evaluation. National organizations well known for their work in gender equity in STEM, will share expertise and resources, including Techbridge, Girl Scouts of the USA, WGBH Boston, Society of Women Engineers, and the National Center for Women & Information Technology. Girl-serving STEM programs will share strategies for hosting events for girls, teaching girls to create mobile phone apps, providing an environmental science summer research internship, and more. The early bird registration fee of $325 is available through March 5, 2012. Register: http://www.ngcproject.org/collabconf2012 The 2012 USA Science and Engineering Festival will feature over 3,000 interactive exhibits, stage shows, and presentations. NGCP will be hosting "Girl Zone", a reserved area of the festival for fun hands-on activities, interactive demonstrations, and female role models led by NGCP partners and programs. The festival will take place on April 28-29, 2012 at the Walter E. Washington Convention center in Washington, D.C., immediately following the NGCP Collaboration Conference. Karen Karen A. Peterson, Chief Executive Officer, EdLab Group & Principal Investigator, National Girls Collaborative Project voice: 425.977.4750 kpeterson@edlabgroup.org<mailto:kpeterson@edlabgroup.org> www.edlabgroup.org<http://www.edlabgroup.org/>